Coming soon to a lake near you.....

[Denim Deb]

OK, this is one of the lakes that I went canoeing in this year. Not sure if I've fished in it or not. But, I'm glad I'm not the one that caught this!

http://www.app.com/article/BZ/20111201/NEWS01/312010021/Big-catch-Fisherman-snags-gator-S-J-pond

 

[the funny farm6]

Wow!

 

[BarredBuff]

 

[Wannabefree]

I wouldn't be suprised if we have them around here...but JERSEY?!!?

 

[Emerald]

A man lost his 4 foot gater here in michigan (Grand Rapids) while sunning it at a park near the Grand River... Lucky for him he had a permit and they caught it in a couple weeks and no one lost any pets while it was loose.
After living in Florida and having to check the pool before diving in it was quite the chuckle at all the folks who freaked out about a loose "man eater" running around..

 

[Wannabefree]

A man lost his 4 foot gater here in michigan (Grand Rapids) while sunning it at a park near the Grand River... Lucky for him he had a permit and they caught it in a couple weeks and no one lost any pets while it was loose.
After living in Florida and having to check the pool before diving in it was quite the chuckle at all the folks who freaked out about a loose "man eater" running around..

Hehe yeah it is a bit funny how some folks react to things they aren't used to.

 

[Denim Deb]

Doubt they'll ever find out where it came from. It's not legal to have them for pets here. Personally, I'm not in favor of people having exotics for pets. My son has an iguana, my daughter a boa, and I'm not overly happy about either of them.

 

[FarmerChick]

I agree about exotics. Wild tho to catch that gator.

I love canoing and boating of any kind. Water baby here!

 

[Dreaming of Chickens]

A man lost his 4 foot gater here in michigan (Grand Rapids) while sunning it at a park near the Grand River... Lucky for him he had a permit and they caught it in a couple weeks and no one lost any pets while it was loose.
After living in Florida and having to check the pool before diving in it was quite the chuckle at all the folks who freaked out about a loose "man eater" running around..

That little guy is so cute. Glad they caught him. I don't think he'd survive a New Jersey winter. I live in SE Louisiana. Grew up surrounded by them. You could walk 4 blocks from where I lived growing up and there they were on the other side of the levee. Had someone ask me a few years ago if they were a problem in my neighborhood and honestly, up until that moment I had never thought about it, but no. Never saw one in my neighborhood. They could cross the levee I guess, but they just didn't. My mom had one as a pet when she was a kid. When I was growing up we would go out in the boat fishing and if we weren't catch'n we'd jump in and go for a swim without a second thought. I have never had anyone I know of get "eaten" by one! The only problem we seem to have around here is when they build a nice fancy neighborhood with boat slips and all that stuff, then people complain about their pets get'n eaten. Then they want wildlife and fisheries to remove all the gators. Really? Remove all the gators from a whole swamp? Really? I wouldn't leave my pitbull out there by the water without supervision and you left your 15 lbs poodle out there? Oh well, sorry for you loss, but you did move in to the gator's back yard. What did you think was gonna happen?

 

[hqueen13]

Hehe yeah it is a bit funny how some folks react to things they aren't used to.

You shouldda seen the east coast react to an earthquake then! Not that I've lived through them, but that was pretty funny!!